喃
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mumble in repetition
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 喃
- Common rank
- #3,423
- Unicode
- U+5583
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 喃
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呢喃细语 | whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring | |
| 喃喃自语 | to mumble to oneself | |
| 喃字 | Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam) | |
| 呋喃西林 | furacilinum (loanword) | |
| 呢喃 | (onom.) twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring | |
| 吡喃 | pyran (chemistry) (loanword) | |
| 喃喃 | (onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur | |
| 呋喃 | furan (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 南 — compare how they read.